Invited speakers

John Trojanowski of the University of Pennsylvania delivered the Gordon Holmes lecture entitled, ‘Tau strains and spreading in pure tauopathy and Alzheimer’s disease’, with an exemplary overview of tau in neurodegeneration. Bastiaan Bloem of Radboud University delivered the Practical Neurology lecture entitled, ‘Bringing neurology care back home’, showing how to improve care for patients with Parkinson’s is so much about improving the networks in the community and thinking beyond just pills.

There was an excellent poster session celebrating, in this the 100th anniversary since women were allowed to vote, some of the fantastic female leaders in Neurology including Helen Dimsdale, Dorothy Russell, Marcia Wilkinson, Bidi Evans, Hilary Morgan, Margaret Barrie, Anita Harding, Sheila Wallace, Elizabeth Warrington and Pauline Monro.

Sarah Morgan from the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency spoke on the new guidance on sodium valproate (https://www.theabn.org/news/valproate-and-childbearing-potential-new-regulations.html).

Winners of the 2018 prizes were:

• Case presentation: Amy Ross Russell Practical Neurology

• Quality and training: Dipa Rayan Charles Symonds

• Platform: Thomas Cope Charles Symonds

• Poster: Keira Markey Charles Symonds

The meeting ended on a high note with the clinicopathological conference superbly delivered by David McKee (ANSWER—MELAS in pregnancy).

ABN/Society of British Neurological Surgeons meeting 19–21 September, Queen Elizabeth 2 Conference Centre, London

Instead of our usual 1-day autumn meeting we are having a joint meeting with the Society of British Neurological Surgeons. This promises to be a truly memorable affair with plenary talks from Neil Kitchen (Sir Victor Horsley lecture), Sir Doug Turnbull (the inaugural Lord John Walton lecture), Conor Mallucci (Sir Geoffrey Jefferson lecture) and John Collinge (Sir Hugh Cairns lecture), as well as sessions on neurovascular and stroke; oncology; pain and headache; neurotrauma and rehabilitation; intracranial pressure; spine and peripheral nerve; functional and movement disorders; skull base/pituitary; and paediatrics. Further details: https://www.theabn.org/events/forthcoming-abn-events/abn-autumn-meeting-2018.html.

For more information on ABN meetings please see http://www.theabn.org/events/.

European Academy of Neurology 2023

The ABN is delighted to have been shortlisted to host the European Academy of Neurology (EAN) meeting in London in 2023. The final decision will be made by EAN delegates later this year.